During the presidential campaign of 2004, when I was being called upon my the press to comment on the candidates’ communication styles, I was asked by Lester Holt on his MSNBC program for one suggestion for each candidate. I said that Kerry should tell more stories because when he did that, it made him come alive, which he certainly needed to do more often. For Bush, I suggested that he find a mistake he would be willing to own up to and apologize for it. Continue reading “Sorry” Is Not Just A Game
Month: January 2007
Death to PowerPoint!
I’m on a mission this year. A mission to expunge PowerPoint slides from all my clients’ presentations. For a while, I thought it was getting better. People seemed to be using fewer slides, though they were as poorly designed as ever. But, alas, there seems to have been a relapse. Maybe it’s because Microsoft comes out with new bells and whistles every couple of years or so and the temptation to use them is just too great to resist. I realize with an addiction like this one, expecting people to do away with it entirely is probably unrealistic. Well, a girl can dream, can’t she?
In lieu of going cold turkey, I’d like to recommend a few techniques that will improve any presentation and that will encourage the weaning process. Continue reading Death to PowerPoint!
A Happy and Sincere New Year
On the day after Christmas, the The New York Times published an Op-Ed piece by guest columnist Orlando Patterson, a professor of sociology at Harvard. Patterson’s piece discussed the issue of authenticity versus sincerity. Continue reading A Happy and Sincere New Year